Does anyone know of any current New Jersey Mafia families -- or any families that used to exist?

If you do, please post the family name, a few people that are associated with the family, and anything else that you know (or anything that you can say, anyway).

Thanks.

NJ Mafia is closely aligned with NY families--notably Genovese now. At one time, NJ Mob was run out of Philadelphia. However, in the heyday of Nicodemo (Little Nicky) Scarfo, they operated strongly in Atlantic City, where Nicky made a home of sorts. That's by the boards now that the Scarfo mob has been mostly smashed. The most durable NJ Mob family is DeCavalcante, named after Sam "The Plumber," who figured prominently in the Commission's effort to oust Joe Bonanno in the '60s. Today the DeCavalcante family is said to be run by John "Jackie Nose" D'Amico, who has close ties with the Gambino family.

As to former Jersey mobsters, you might be interested in visiting the home of Underboss Willie Moretti, who was killed in Fort Lee in 1951. Until his death he lived at 61 Poplar Avenue in Deal, NJ on the Jersey Shore. The house is still more or less as it was when he died, although some of the extensive grounds were sold off to build newer houses on. It might be said that the fictional wedding scenes in The Godfather took place on this property, as the Moretti/Sinatra relationship was the prototype for the Corleone/Johnnie Fontaine in the movie.